Improvement in stove-pipe shelf-heaters



, '1. H. MEALHS. Stove-Pipe Shelf Heaters. N0. 151,237. Patented Ma'y 26111874.-

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,as-Mm' f JOHN H. MEARS, OF OSHKOSH, VISOONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN STOVE- PIPE SHELF-HEATERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,237, dated May 26, 1874 5v application filed February 11, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Ile it known that I, J'OIIN II. MEARs, of Oshkosh, in the county of Vinnebago and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and Improved Stove-Pipe Shelf-Heater; and I do hereby declare tha-t the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making a part of t-his speeilieation.

My invention. consists of a stove-pipe shelfheater, and is constructed of cast or wrought iron, or any other suitable material, and so arranged that the heat which usually escapes to a great extent through an ordinary stovepipe is further utilized by passing through a shelf and heater governed by means of certain sliding dainpers, as hereinafter more fully described,

Figure l is a vertical section with dampers A A drawn open. Fig. 2 is a vertical section with danlpers A A closed. Fig. 3 is a perspective view ot' my invention with towel-rack I3 attached by ears O O. Fig. I is a perspective view of one ot" the dainpers, showing projections L L and handles N N.

My shelf and heater are intended, when in use, to connect with an ordinary stove-pipe bythe thiinbles or projections O and D, such connections usually being inade between the lirst and second sections of a stovepipe, when such pipe is connected to an ordinary cooking-- stove. It will be seen that when the sliding dampers A A are closed, as shown in Fig. 2, they come in contact with the partition IC, thereby changing the direct vertical course of the heat, and causing` the heat to divide i and flow in opposite directions, and pass along and under the surface of the dainpers A A to their outer extremities, and then return along the under surface ot' the tops 0r shelf-plate S, and unite again in passing through thilnble or projection D, which thimble is llattened to give less draft in the shelfplate S S, and by that means keeping warln any dishes or substance placed thereon, and also assisting in warming the room by its increased radiatin g surface, thereby econoinizing in fuel. The handles N N of the dampers A A are hooked at their extremities for the purpose of suspending, when not` in use, clippers or other utensil used about an ordinary cookin g-stove. For the purpose of simplifying the construction of the danipers A A, and of re- 'taining them in their proper position in the heater, they'are provided with the projections I ain aware that it is not new to provide a direct and indirect draft in heating-drums, as that has been done heretofore. I therefore do not claim this; but

lha-t I do claim as iny invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-' The dalnpers A A, provided with the projections L L and crooked handles N N, in coinbination with a stovepipe shelf, S, as shown and specified.

JOHN II. MEARS.

Witnesses:

XV. R. KENNEDY, A. A. AUSTIN.

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